Simplex tractor plow



T. B. CONRADT SIMPLEX TRACTOR PLOW Oct. 6, 1925- o 2 9 l 4 1 C o d e l 1 F ATTORNEY Patented Get. e, 1925. I I 1,555,833

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS IB. CONRADT, OF LOMETA, TEXAS.

SIMPLEX TRACTOR PLOW.

Application filed October 14, 1920. Serial No. 416,794.

To all whom it may concern. consisting of the two rods 13 and 14, having Be it known that I, THoMAs B. CONRADT, connection in usual form with the knuckles a citizen of the United States, residing in of the front and rear Wheels, and at their the city of Lometa, county of Lampasas, adjacent ends connected to cranks 15 and 16 6 and State of Texas, have invented new and extended radially from the intermeshing useful Improvements in Simplex Tractor gears 1'? and 18. The gear 18 engages the Plows, of which the following is a specifiworm 19 of the steering post 20. A turn cation, reference being had to the accomupon the steering wheel 21 thus results in panying drawings. including the two front wheels in one direc- 10 This invention pertains to tractor plows. tion and at the same time the rear wheel in The object is to provide a plow of this the opposite direction, and so greatly accelkind in a very simple, compact and eflicient crating the turning of the entire tractor.

form of construction. This feature is of great benefit in the field.

In the drawings \Vhile I have herein described a certain 15 Fig. 1 is a plan view; specific manner and method of constructing Fig. 2 is a side elevation; and assembling the elements of my inven- Figure 3 is a detail of the double acting tion, it is understood that I may vary from teering mechanism. the same in minor details, not departing The invention consists of a simple, recfrom the spirit of my invention, so as best 20 tangular chassis 1, including the frame 2, to construct a practical device for the purcarrying wheels 3, drive wheel 4: and enpose intended, as defined in the appended gine 5. The engine is connected with the claim. drive wheel by means of the inter-meshing I claim: bevel gears G and 7 mounted respectively In a tractor steering mechanism the com- 25 upon the crank shaft 8 and the drive shaft bination with front and rear pivoted 9. The crank shaft 8 extends longitudinally knuckles of a steering post having. a worm, backward, while the drive shaft 9 is jourfront and rear intermeshing gears, one of naled transversely in the frame 2. The the gears also meshing with the worm of the drive wheel 4 is rigidly mounted on the steering post, crank elements carried by the 30 drive shaft 9. gears and simultaneously movable in oppo- The two frontal carrying wheels are pivsite directions when the gears are rotated oted to the axle 10 by the bolts 11 in ordinary by the worm and front and rear rods conform, and the rear carrying wheel is in the necting the crank elements with the front same way connected to the stub shaft 12. and rear steering knuckles. 35 A double acting steering gear is provided, THOMAS B. CONRADT. 

